Octomom -- First Date Minus the Brood (But Plus a Photographer)

Octomom

First Date Minus the Brood

(But Plus a Photographer)

6/30/2012 5:50 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

It's not easy to arrange a date with your boyfriend when you have 14 children ... but Octomom finally pulled it off this week and enjoyed her first real excursion with her new man.

As TMZ first reported, Octo and Frankie G (a 23-year-old bodybuilder) have been dating for the past two months.

But the pair had not been able to partake in an outing on their own until this week, when Frankie surprised Octo by getting a friend to watch the kids so he could take her to Will Rogers Beach in Santa Monica.

The two worked out together on the beach as Frankie has been training her to get Octo in shape for her upcoming strip club appearance at The Playhouse in Hollywood, FL on July 13.

Training your girlfriend for her strip show ... does it get more romantic?